E A Clare & Son

[Bob Edwards]

I've just found this website giving a history of EA Clare, it's facinating stuff !!

http://www.snookerheritage.co.uk/the...n/the-founder/

have a look.

[Oudeis]

Interesting stuff BobEd.

I have never played on an oval table, but I once had a game of pool on a table in the corner of a pub where there was a button in the floor to have the table turn so you set-up your next shot. Not a great success.

[Ged]

Brilliant BobEd. A very local company to us and we did buy from there. My bro remembers the 1967 premises which backed onto Back Clare st. I had some of those pics already from the LRO but had not seen most of them nor this site. Brill.

[gregs dad]

I remember the old showroom they had the various stages of making crown green bowls from a log of wood to the finished article in the window.
Bought a set off the new premises costing £32 but made of the new Vitalite plastic, much cheaper than than the wooden ones and they didn`t lose their bias as the wooden ones did.
They had to be returned to be corrected after so many years.
Still have my plastic ones and 2 sets of woods

[GeorgePorgie]

There was another Bowls manfacturer in that are ie Richmond Row,which backed onto Birkette St.

dunno if they were active when Clares set up buisness on StAnne St?

Drakes Pride was the naeasyou can see herein street view.....

[GeorgePorgie]

Hah....
http://www.drakespride.co.uk/Pages/Company.htm

[Red Tom]

An interesting post, and while reading it, I was interested to see the Echo reference. As a child, apart from Curly Wee and Gussie Goose, a favourite of mine was the series of sporting charactetures. Can anyone enlighten me as to the artist?

[Mossy]

Great bit of reading im glad i read on because i was about to say that they had connections in Brumm

Mossy